Unearthed, analysed, broadcast: The podcast as a medium for sustainable knowledge transfer.

Archaeological research generates knowledge from sources that are often irreversibly altered or destroyed through their investigation. Sustainability therefore means not only safeguarding finds, features and data, but also ensuring the long-term visibility and accessibility of the knowledge derived from them. The presentation examines the contribution that podcasts can make as a medium of science communication. Its focus is on podcasting as part of a digital communication ecosystem. Podcasts can communicate archaeological and historical research in an accessible way, make debates more widely available, and keep research findings visible beyond the moment of publication. However, their sustainability depends not simply on digital availability, but also on discoverability, contextualisation and their capacity to connect with wider forms of knowledge exchange.

The presentation therefore discusses podcasts as a complementary format for sustainable science communication. Podcasting is not proposed here as a substitute for documentation, academic publication or archiving, but rather as a bridge between research, the public and the long-term circulation of knowledge.